Jury Clears Kid McCoy of Murder in Mars Slaying
In Los Angeles a superior court jury convicts Kid McCoy of manslaughter for the August 12 shooting of Mrs. Theresa Mars, with a sentence range from one to ten years. He faces additional trials on robbery and assault counts tied to the antique shop incident, potentially leading to lengthy or consecutive terms. The verdict leave McCoy hopeful for appeal while jurors deem the outcome a tough compromise after a 78 hour, 24 ballot deliberation.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Kid McCoy
Theresa Mars
Pugin Tiet
McCoy
Avsacl
Orey
Mors
Washington today hosts Senate House noon sessions
Senate and House meet at noon with the House continuing debate on the treasury post office appropriation bill. Hearings on the administration postulate increase bill proceed before a congressional committee. Delegates to the American Association for the Advancement of Science hold general and group sessions at its annual meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Treasury-Post Office
Congressional Committee
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Lawyers for Loeb Leopold Paid 150000
Chicago December 30 The attorneys who saved Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold Jr from the gallows after pleading guilty to kidnapping and killing Robert Franks will receive 150000 for their services Clarence Darrow and brothers Benjamin and Walter Bachrach share the fee Proportion not made public The Leopold family objected only mildly to the suggested 200000 final agreed amount Also disclosed were large sums paid to alienists and medical experts who testified at the trial
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Chicago
Richard Loeb
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Robert Franks
Clarence Darrow
Benjamin
Walter Bachrach
Leopold
Lee
Darrow
Denver
Chicago Bar Association
Ilinois
Countess and mother in hiding after gem thefts by feared gang
Police believe an international gang, the Fears, stole gems valued at 50600 from Countess Daisy di Robilant. The thiefs struck the home of J B Cosden, famed oil and turf magnate, as the Countess Irene di Robilant and her mother vanish. The Countess is wife of General Nicholas di Robilant who led the Fourth Italian Army before Grapps.
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Irene di Robilant
Daisy di Robilant
Daisy
J. 8
Cosden
Nicholas di Robilant
Grapps
McCabe Named to Succeed Police Superintendent
At Monroe Louisiana City Council, Captain J M McCabe was elected Superintendent of Police to succeed Col R A Young, deceased. Mayor Arnold Bernstein praised his experience and unanimous council vote, effective January 1 1925. McCabe, acting superintendent since Young's death, was lauded as efficient and well qualified.
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J. M. McCabe
Col
KR. A. Young
Arnold Bernstein
McCabe
News 7Star
City Hall
Monr Ee
City of
Monroe
Louisiana
R. A. Young
Speed
Col. Young
Canada Careful in Selection of Her Immigrants
Chicago reports on immigration policy with R H Coats stating Canada favors selective, qualitative immigration rather than numeric quotas. He notes a London director of immigration and multiple European agencies, contrasting with the U S melting pot approach. Dr A Hardlicka hints at evolving American racial typing in population studies.
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Canada
Chicago
United States
R. H. Coats
Dominion Statistician
American Statistical Association
London
British Isles
Europe
United
A. Hardlicka
Smithsonian Institute
Ouachita Parish Poll Tax Deadline Urges Payment Tonight
Notice urges residents over 21 to pay 1924 poll tax to retain voting rights for two years. Sheriff’s office hours extended, with evening service and continuous hours tomorrow. Women may mail payments. total parish relief target around 6 000 dollars, per one dollar per person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
South Grand Street
Monroe
Quachita Parish
Mississippi Mississippi officials visit Monroe for Arkansas trip
Gov H L Whitfield of Mississippi Mayor Scott of Jackson and Mayor Hayes of Vicksburg lead a 25 person Jackson delegation to Monroe arriving at 11 25 pm for a day of visits. They tour Pine Bluff Remmel Dam Arlington Hotel opening and local mills before returning to Pine Bluff tonight.
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Monroe
H. L. Whitfield
Mississippi
Scott
Jackson
Hayes
Vicksburg
Miss
U. S
Pine Bluff
Missouri Pacific
H. C. Couch
Arkansas
Remmel Dam
Arkansas’ Greatest
Remme! Dam
Hot Springs
Arlington
Lotus Club
Sterlington
Couch
Bastrop
G. E. Jordan
Or Natural Gas Company
Ty. C
Lynch
Louisiana Power Co
Frank W. Wilkes
Pine Bluft
Extradition to Olean Faces Stiff Legal Fight in Mississippi
In Hattiesburg Mississippi on December 30 authorities await requisition papers from Albany directing the transfer of Mrs Hilma Ensminger to Olean New York to stand trial for attempted murder. A Mississippi legal team from Columbia will challenge extradition before Governor Whitfield who is portrayed as golf learned and sympathetic to the Ensminger family.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Olean
N. Y
Hilma Ensminger
George Ensminger
Buffalo
Jackson
Smith
Albany
Columbia
Mississippi
Ensminger
Whitfield
Bert Jones
J. T. Jones
Gulfport
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad Company
Whitsfield
Marion County
Mrs. Ensminger
Sheriff Announces Tax Penalty Date For Quachita Parish
Sheriff Milton Coverdale warns business leaders and taxpayers that delinquent taxes in Quachita Parish will incur a 10 percent annual penalty starting January 1. He notes attempts to secure an extension failed and urges payments by tomorrow midnight to avoid the penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coverdale
Quachita
Milton Coverdale
Widow Confesses to Family Killings in Indiana Farm Home
Emma Hobough, 83, a widow, admitted killing four family members found dead yesterday at a Cass county farm home eight miles from Logansport. Sheriff Bowyer said the sanity inquest was postponed to later today.
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Logansport
Ind
Emma Hobough
Walter Bowyer
Cass
Irvin Cobb Denies Death Rumor in Telegram
New York report says Irvin Cobb denied rumors of his death. The piece notes Cobb, like Mark Twain, has faced such hoaxes and sent a telegram from Paducah Kentucky to the New York World stating the death claim is unfounded.
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Irvin
Cobb
New York
Mark Twain
Mark
New York World Today
Paducah
Doctor is Gunman Holds Up Mayor in Los Angeles Home
Dr. Benjamin Critchlow a California chiropractor confessed to police that he posed as a secret service officer to gain entry to Mayor Cryer of Los Angeles. He threatened the mayor for three hours before being persuaded the $500 could not be obtained. his arrest followed the next day.
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Benjamin Critchlow
Hollywod
Cal
Cryer
Los Angeles
Critchlow
Secret Service
River Deposits Said To Trigger Earthquakes In Study
At the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting, Dr. Austin H. Clark reports river mud deposits may weight land differently than the ocean bed, causing crust slip and quakes. He suggests measuring river deposit volumes to aid quake predictions. Professor L H Snyder notes x ray exposure can sterilize male rats temporarily. Dr J J R MacLeod cites insulin islets dysfunction as diabetes cause. Dr H G Barbour describes fear thickening blood by ten percent in ten minutes.
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Washington
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Hughes
Charles D. Walcott
American Politics Science Association
Esme Howard
England
Navy Department
Austin H. Clark
National Museum
L. H. Snyder
North Carolina College of Agriculture
J. J. R. MacLeod
Toronto University
Fish
Mcleod
H. G. Barbour
University of Louisville
Kili Gunman Sought After Mobile Train Shootout
An unidentified white man linked to a New Orleans bank robbery was shot dead at the Mobile L and N depot after wounding Patrolman Walter Pistole and L and N Agent Charles Ferrer. Detectives recovered $2,033 and four dynamite caps on the bandit, plus a notebook naming Thomas Griffin and other clues. Police traced the man from a Jericho to Des Moines claims as the man who killed Griffin.
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Mobile
Ala
Marine Trust and Banking Company
New Orleans
Louisville and Nashville
Charles Ferrer
L. and N
Walter Pistole
Mobilé
Gibby Wilcox
Fruit Wharf
Guy Maloney
Wm. Friess
W. E B. Wright
Thomas Griffin
Des Moines
Iowa
Thomas Grffin
Des Méines
Rigolets
James K. Terrill
Ferrer
Pascagoula
Miss
Mobile Police Department
West 13Th Street
C. R. IL
P. Depot
Jake Harshbarger
Griffin
Leavenworth
Kansas
Young
Babes
Laredo
N. M
Ripley Union Trust’ Bank
L. A
Walter Pistale
Police Department
L. and N. Railroad
R. G. Wilcox
Pistole
A. C. Shott
Ryhee
Boris Seeks Bride for Bulgaria Royal Line
King Boris of Bulgaria plans an Eastern tour to find a bride to share his throne. The Coburg prince may target Princess Giovanna of Italy or Princess Beatrice of Spain, ages seventeen and fifteen respectively, as potential consorts.
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Boris
Bulgaria
Lochinvar
Royal House of Coburg
Europe
Giovanna
Italy
Beatrice
Spain
McShane Runs as Independent in New Orleans Mayor Race
Mayor Andrew J. McShane declares independent candidacy for re election stating independence appeals to voters. Behrman backed by Choctaws with a minority backing Maloney and New Regulars. three tickets now contest mayor and city council.
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New Orleans
Andrew J. McShane
Commission Council
Martin Behrman
Chotaw
Paul Maloney
Maloney
Behrman
Choctaws
McShane
Claims Coolidge Will Have Right to Term in 1928
Leslie M. Shaw, ex treasury secretary, argues in Omaha that under the Constitution a president can only be elected, a vice president becomes president de facto upon vacancy but not de jure except by election, and Coolidge would not be seeking a third term in 1928. He notes Harding’s death burdened Coolidge but does not count it as a handicap to a second term.
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Qmaha
Nebr
Coolidge
Leslie M. Shaw
Coolridge
Shaw
Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Lists of Women of the Ku Klux Klan chapters filed in Louisiana
The secretary of state receives membership lists for Klan chapters in Baton Rouge Boyce Bunkie Lake Charles Winnfield Tallulah Urania with many members named. The notice enumerates women across multiple units including Mrs. L. H. Moreland Mrs. C. W. Floyd and others.
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Ku Klux
Baton Rouge, la
Women
The
Ku Klux Klan
Klan
Baton Rouge
L. H. Moreland
C. W. Floyd
Lottie Stephens
Mary E. Stuart
Mamie White
W. H. Varnado
J. C. Galey
Hattie Stechlin
Jennie Stechlin
Etta Ellis
Emily Karns
Boyce
Annie T. Watson
Lora M. Jordan
Francis Hilborm
Lizzie James
Bena Grant
Fannie M. Caldwell
Mattie Blanchard
Muddie Hamilton
Lillian Carter
Maggie Woshan
Bunkie
Edith Boggess
Lucile Lyle
Lillie Messick
Marjorie Earnest
Jeanette Perkins
Rosa Olga O'Neal
Ecuel Kian Nodlank
Kate Bryant
Lillian Collins
Annie May Josey
Mera Linen
Lucy C. Neilley
Aralie Matthews
Maggie Came Mins
Nina Cason
Minnie -Henry
Pallie Garner
Alice Henry
Minnie Hy Burt
Lake Charles
Ethel S. Weatherill
Lee Beardsley
Irene E. Thornton
Kathleen E. Newland
E. J. McCain
Margaret Day
Stella E. Hereford
M. Beulah
Maude Tobin
Maude R. Tyler
Rita V. Jones
Maxie Trotter
Minnie B. Hansen
Win
Blank
Tallulah
J. H. Collins
P. H. Pierson
P. J. Watson
Folra Bowers
Charles Coltharp
H. W. May
R. E .Gilbert
R. K. Boney
George Seller
Urania
Theodore S$. Tannehii
Leila Smith
R. Leila Smith
Rena Foster
Lottie Anne McCartney
Eugenia Matthews
Minerva Rees
Vivian Fort
Katherine Neyland
Hattie Bayne
Maggie Lucky
Carry Ashworth
Ethel Schulz
Vidrine’s Brother Killed Near Spot of Wiggins Death
Alexandria Louisiana report says Dee Vidrine 30-54 brother of Euzebe Vidrine who was hanged recently for murder of R. L. Wiggins was mysteriously killed last Saturday. The body was found near the Wiggins scene with Vidrine’s head crushed and a 4 by 12 inch iron piece nearby. He reportedly left his wife and three children and warned her not to expect his return. He was about 30. Vidrine’s full name not obtained.
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Alexandria
Dee
Euzebe Vidrine
Ville Poiatie
R. L. Wiggins
Evangeline Pati
Wiggins
Vidrine
Billy Sunday Helps Sheriff Smash Contraband Liquor
Billy Sunday, the Evangelist, aiding federal and local officials, destroyed more than 100 gallons of liquor in front of the Federal Prohibition office in Jackson Mississippi. He held aloft a quart bottle and hurled it into a garbage cart on Capitol Street. The liquor included Canadian Club and other brands, with multiple stills reportedly seized.
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Jackson
Miss
Billy Sunday
Municipal Auditorium
M. H. Daily
Mississippi
Sunday
Capitol Street
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California
Loeb
Fears Gang
Icountess DI Robilant
McAbe
Post
A. Young
Police
Long
Gov. Whitfield
Big Ark
Bemsamin Crrreitow
St. Louis
Cagtans Veecinenens
Memphis
Kili
N. C
R. R
Borts
M'Shane
Capital
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